Comus, a maske / by John Milton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Milton, John, 1608-1674.

Contributor:

Stuart Curran-Joseph Wittreich Milton Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Genre:

Poetry.

Penn Provenance:

Curran, Stuart A. (honoree)

Wittreich, Joseph Anthony (donor)

Clark, William Andrews, Jr. (bookplate)

Physical Description:

8 unnumbered pages, 29 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New Rochelle, N.Y. : Elston Press, 1902.

Notes:

Half-title reads: Comus, a maske, by John Milton; printed from the original edition of 1637.

Colophon reads: Here ends Comus, a maske, by John Milton. One hundred and sixty copies have been printed from the original edition of 1637, with title pages designed by H.M. O'Kane. Printed and sold by Clarke Conwell at the Elston Press, Pelham Road, New Rochelle, New York. Finished this twentieth day of March, MDCCCCII.

Title in red and black within woodcut border.

Text of p. [5] (first count), "The Persons", in red and black within woodcut border; remainder of text printed in red and black.

Local Notes:

Milton Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Joseph A. Wittreich in honor of Stuart A. Curran.

Penn Libraries copy is one of a limited ed. of 160 copies.

Penn Libraries copy has bookplate ("William Andrews Clark, Jr.") on front pastedown; seal (Chinese characters) stamped in red on front free endpaper.

Cited in:

Wickenheiser, R.J. Collection of John Milton, p. 84 (no. 261)

OCLC:

12645759